HISTORY

SPEAG was founded in December 1994 as a spin-off company of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) by Niels Kuster, Thomas Schmid, Kurt Schmid, Martin Schmid, Oliver Egger and Klaus Meier. Its main objective was to further develop and commercialize the Dosimetric Assessment SYstem (DASY), which was the first electromagnetic near-field scanner optimized for compliance testing of mobile communications devices with safety limits. The 3rd generation scanner DASY3 was introduced in 1998. DASY4 was launched in 2002 to enable companies to test early according to the IEEE 1528 standard that was officially released in 2003. Our commitment to be a very early adopter of all new developments and provide these features to our customers well ahead of any official standard releases resulted in DASY5 (2007) and DASY52 (2010), the latter is fully compatible with the standards to be released in 2010 and 2011. 

In December 2000, SPEAG released SEMCAD (Simulation Platform for ElectroMagnetic Compatibility, Antenna Design and Dosimetry), a novel and powerful TCAD tool for the analysis, design and optimization of antennas embedded in complex environments. SPEAG thus became the only provider of a complete set of experimental and numerical analysis tools. SEMCAD V2.0 is issued to release in early 2003. Since DASY4, all our DASY sysyems are based on the same postprocessor as SEMCAD X, the combination of the two products became a unique R&D tool for the mobile industry enabling cross-validation.

In the fall of 1999 SPEAG became one of the founders of IT'IS and has remained a substantial annual sponsor. Strong links with leading research institutions enable SPEAG to maintain its pacemaker status within this very competitive market.

In 2001,  the Executive Board of SPEAG founded NFT Holding AG, which bought 100% of the shares from SPEAG's founders.